New information emerged about this case this afternoon, shedding some light on this sad turn of events.
A source revealed to to ABC that Mr. Scott had been diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer; a fact that, if true, would go a long way to explain the premeditated and methodical nature of the suicide of a man who was in the middle of producing several high-profile projects, including a sequel to Prometheus and the A&E mini-series Coma.